Lexical Definition

‎חֶמְדָּה‎ chemdâh (khem-daw') desire ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎חֶמֶד‎

desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.

• delight

n f
1) desire, that which is desirable
adj
2) pleasant, precious

See Greek: ἐκλεκτός · ἔπαινος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶמְדָּה‎ noun feminine id. — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Hos 13:15 + 8 t.; construct ‎חֶמְדַּת‎ 1Sam 9:20 + 3 t.; suffix ‎חֶמְדָּתִי‎ Jer 12:10 ‎חֶמְדָּתֵךְ‎ Ezek 26:12 ‎חֶמְדָּתָם‎ Dan 11:8 — desire of Israel 1Sam 9:20 followed by ‎לְ‎ before object of desire; ‎׳‎‎בְּלֹא ח‎ = without desire 2Chr 21:20 (i.e. he lived as no one desired), see Öttli ᵐ5 (not ᵐ5^L) ᵑ9; concrete: ‎ישׂראל‎ ‎׳‎‎כלחֿ‎ 1Sam 9:20 and for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 RV Dr; (>AV and on whom is all the desire of Israel?); compare ‎כלהֿגוים‎ ‎׳‎‎ובאו ח‎ Hag 2:7 (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after construct as ‎חֶמֶד‎; especially ‎׳‎‎כלי ח‎ Hos 13:15; Nah 2:10*; Jer 25:34; 2Chr 32:27; 2Chr 36:10; Dan 11:8 ‎׳‎‎שְׂכִיּוֺת ח‎ Isa 2:16, ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ ח‎ Ps 106:24; Jer 3:19; Zech 7:14, compare ‎׳‎‎חֶלְקַת ח‎ Jer 12:10 ‎׳‎‎בתי ח‎ Ezek 26:12 ‎נשׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Dan 11:37, apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).

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